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Fritters are definitely one of my favourite foods! There is just something irresistible about a savoury vegetable cake that is fried until golden brown and crispy! One of the things that I like so much about them is that you can make them with all sorts of different vegetables and and over the last few years I have been experimenting with different vegetables. One vegetable that I had never even considered using to make a fritter with, one of my favourite vegetables, was asparagus and when I came across the idea of
asparagus fritters
on
Kalofagas
recently I knew that I would have to try making some. What's more is that these asparagus fritters use some of my favourite Greek flavours including lots of fresh herbs and feta, a flavour combination that I have used in
spinach fritters
and
zucchini fritters
in the past.

These fritters are pretty easy to make, you simple grate or food process the asparagus, mix up the batter and fry in oil until crispy. Given how simple they are to make I often like to server fritters for a lazy brunch on the weekend though they also go well as appetizers. This time I made the meal a bit heartier by topping the fritters with a
poached egg
and some
avgolemono sauce
where avgolemono sauce is a lemony sauce that makes for a nice lighter alternative to a
hollondaise sauce
.

This looks incredible! I am an eggs benedict fiend and I remember I used to go to a restaurant in Vancouver that served the poached egg on a potato latke. Your dish reminds me of it a bit. I will have to try it out - I love the fresh dill as an added touch. Beautiful!

By the way... beautiful site. I just discovered it through my friend, author of Foodess.com!

found this off tastespotting and just made it... it tastes incredible! the asparagus-shredding was incredibly time-consuming because i don't own a food processor, but it looks like all the effort was worth it :-)

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.